Hi all!
My new years resolution is to plan ahead my year in guitar. I picked 8 pieces I want to learn, with a gradual increase in difficulty from piece to piece.
I would like to ask you what you think of the selection difficulty-wise.
For background, these are the pieces I know reasonably well:
Carcassi - Study in A Op 60 No 3
Tárrega - Study in E-Minor
Sor - Study in D Op 35 No 17
Sor - Study in B minor Op 35 No 22

A good spread of styles, rhythms and harmonies from classic to modern which will help build your abilities in sight reading and technique, whilst holding your enthusiasm. The Barrios piece with its section of harmonics and acompanying harmony is challenging but well worth the effort, lovely enchanting little piece.

I've never done it before, but never made too much progress. Around Christmas time I decided to plan out the year. I set myself the goal of a minimum of 30 minutes a day, learn all of Carcassi Op. 60 and to improve my tremolo enough to play Chant by Brian Head. Hopefully, the consistency will pay off
Best of luck with your 2019!

unless you're a concertizing pro, it seems very limiting to plan a year in advance, since one should be working according to what needs work at the moment, so not planning is more efficient. My life plan is to improve constantly, and as I do, the practice regimen changes to focus on weaknesses that become clear as I progress through various technical and musical problems. for musical purposes, it is probably more helpful to choose some repertoire to learn, then design a practice program around the demands of the pieces, changing the program as one learns and masters the music. from what ai can tell after over 50 years of professional playing, study is accumulative, and working hard on one technique will often improve other techniques as a by-product of mindful practice.

unless you're a concertizing pro, it seems very limiting to plan a year in advance, since one should be working according to what needs work at the moment, so not planning is more efficient. My life plan is to improve constantly, and as I do, the practice regimen changes to focus on weaknesses that become clear as I progress through various technical and musical problems. for musical purposes, it is probably more helpful to choose some repertoire to learn, then design a practice program around the demands of the pieces, changing the program as one learns and masters the music. from what ai can tell after over 50 years of professional playing, study is accumulative, and working hard on one technique will often improve other techniques as a by-product of mindful practice.

Yes! Playing again . . . Rognvald

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra